Why does Varg, a convicted murderer, have legions of fanboys while Euronymous has virtually no sympathizers?

Meanwhile when people talk about Dead, despite making him sound as if he were an incredibly difficult person, there is a sense of respect there. Maybe they think Oystein had a choice but Pelle was just born screwed up... who knows.

Reminder that brazilian Black Metal is elite

Mayhem literally started as a Venom/Celtic Frost cover band. They took their band name from the Venom song "Mayhem With Mercy" (as most cover bands do with the band they're covering) and they took all of their band names from Hellhammer song titles, including Messiah, Maniac, and Euronynous.
Their first show was made up entirely of cover songs, without a single original. They are LITERALLY a first wave black metal trubute band who started writing originals.
youtu.be/mjay2Lmj9C8

The winners write history, naturally varg survived and he's the only vocal point

Euronymous was just some guy that got killed even tho he also was kind of innovative in the black metal genre

When people talk about Pelle, I get a sense of "He was a nice dude who kept to himself, but was really fucked up, wish he would've been around longer."
The vibe I get from Euronymous was "Talented guitarist, but an asshole to work with, don't really miss him honestly." especially if you watch Once Upon a Time in Norway

Snorre recorded the first known 2nd wave demo in 1989 for Stigma Diabolicumm and later Grymyrk, which contains some riffs he wrote before Live in Leipzig.
He is also credited in De mysteriis dom Sathanas as songwriter.

I can't tell you how much I want to scoop the brains and mush out of the Rothschilds and their children by hand

Varg was/is handsome & based, while Euronymous was an ugly faggot who is dead.

People generally like attractive people more than unattractive people